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A late Paul Pogba header and an own goal from
Joseph Yobo saw France to a 2-0 win over Nigeria and place in the World
Cup quarter-finals.

Didier Deschamps’ side created the better of
the chances throughout an evenly-matched encounter and were able to flex
their international muscles when required to get over the line.

Look who was there... Victor Moses

Nigeria
had more than held their own up until the 79th minute when an error of
judgement from goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama saw him flap at a set-piece
and allow the ball to drop kindly for Pogba to nod into an empty net.

France
then put the result beyond doubt in the first minute of stoppage-time
when the lively Mathieu Valbuena wriggled away from a short corner and
saw his low cross turned into his own net by an unfortunate Yobo, who
was more concerned with preventing Antoine Griezmann from getting a
touch.

Les Blues will now face Germany or Algeria in the
last eight, while Nigeria are still waiting to grace that particular
stage for the first time.

Got to give credit to #NGA goalie Vincent Enyeama - who proved why he is the best in the world cup. He just needs to be backed up

Nigeria have lost all 3 of their World Cup second-round ties now. They've never reached the quarter finals. #NGA

We lost but showed how great we will be. #SuperEagles, Vincent Enyeama was my man of the match. Who was yours?

Costa
Rica gets to continue its dreamlike run at the World Cup after
defeating Greece in a somnolent 1-1 game that had a penalty shootout
tacked on as an exclamation point. Hailing from a country with a
population roughly equal to that of Brooklyn and Queens combined, the
Ticos have outlasted soccer titans and traditional powers to advance to
their first World Cup quarterfinal.

“To the people in Costa Rica, those at home and on the streets, this is for you,” Coach Jorge Luis Pinto said.

The
team’s next game, its next huge challenge, comes Saturday in Salvador
against the Netherlands, which rallied Sunday afternoon to secure a
thrilling late win over Mexico in Fortaleza. Little of that excitement
carried over into the game here. Big Congrats to them

Arjen Robben of the Netherlands is tripped by Rafael Marquez of Mexico for a penalty during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Round of 16 match between Netherlands and Mexico

Dutch winger Arjen Robben who was
involved in another controversial penalty incident that won his side the
round of 16 clash against Mexico, admits going to the ground easily
earlier in the match.
The penalty won by Robben was clinically despatched by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to win it for the Netherlands 2-1 against Mexico.

Robben, after the game apologized for a 'dive' in the first half but also backed the referee's decision to give a penalty to the Netherlands in the 2nd half.

"I have to be honest and must apologise," he told after the game.
"One of the moments in the first half was a dive. Sometimes you get
kicked, but that was not the case at that particular moment. I shouldn't
have done that and I'm really upset with myself about it. It was a
silly action,“ reports Telegraph.

However, he was quick to mention the
other two penalty claims were legitimate. One of them was awarded to the
Dutch side late in injury time that was converted from the spot by
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

“The other one in the first half was a clear penalty. If that's not a
spot-kick, then what is. "The one at the end was a just penalty call as
well,” Robben said.

Robben also explained why Huntelaar took the spot-kick ahead of him tonight.
"Usually I am comfortable with taking a penalty, but this time I was
the one who was tackled," he explained. "I felt comfortable that
Huntelaar would capitalise.

Chile lose to Brazil on pens, A tearful Gary Medel was immense & had to leave the pitch in ET after playing through the pain barrier. Brave performance from a Chile side who showed togetherness. Gary gave everything and shone in defence. Impossible not to cry after watching Gary Medel crying ;(

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A sixteen- year-old girl (names withheld) was allegedly gang-raped by 16
adults, after taking some alcoholic drink laced with unknown substance
at a party in Ogbunnabali area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. And
according to NigeriaTribune,
three of the 16 suspected rapists, Tambari Dumlesi (40), Ikechukwu Akah
(22) and Friday Esau (27) have been arrested, while the remaining 13
suspects are still at large.

Speaking about the rape during a press briefing, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin told newsmen:

On 23/06/14 at 1800 hours, a complaint was made by a 16-year-old victim
of rape. The victim reported that she attended a party at Ogbuga Street
in Ogbunnabali, Port Harcourt, organized by one Tina.

While at the party, she was given a glass of hot drink by Tambari
Dumlesi. That was the last memory she had before she was raped by 16
different men. She woke up to find herself in torn boxers and with
swollen private parts.”

He also said the victim had since been taken to the Police Clinic for
check up and treatment, adding that the apprehended three rape suspects
would remain in police custody while investigation lasts. Meanwhile, the
frail looking girl, who could neither sit nor stand because of the
damage done to her private part, was in serious pains as she appeared
before newsmen.

An
explosion in the red light district of northern Nigeria’s Bauchi city
has killed 10 people and injured 14 others. The cause of the late Friday
blast was not immediately clear, but Boko Haram Islamists have attacked
Bauchi repeatedly during their five-year uprising aimed at creating a
strict Islamic state in the north.

Bauchi state police spokesman Mohammed Haruna said the explosion went
off at roughly 10:00 pm and targeted a building in the Bayan Gari
neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city, widely known as a brothel.
Haruna said:

“Ten people were confirmed dead, while 14 others sustained various degrees of injury. The entire area has been cordoned off and (the) scene secured.”

Bomb attacks on targets which Boko Haram has branded sinful – including
bars, churches and schools teaching a Western curriculum – have formed a
major part of the insurgency. Here are more photos from the scene this
morning.

"Oh make you no do like Johnny, so baby no play me corny..." Tonto Dikeh a.k.a Poko Lee single "Sugar Rush" under the her new label DB records is her number one hit song for 2014. If you still haven`t heard the song then click on play below;

A Colorado teenager, Isabella Yun-Mi Guzman, who actually stabbed her mother to death, 151 times, will not be going to jail after the judge declared her to be insane.

Isabella Yun-Mi Guzman, 19, killed her mother in their Aurora home in August 2013. Last December she pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to a state mental hospital for an evaluation. And yesterday, during her court hearing, a judge reviewed the results of that mental evaluation and ruled that Guzman is not guilty by reason of insanity.

According to court records, on the fateful day 47-year-old Yun Mi Hoy lost her life, her daughter, Guzman stabbed her:

35 times in the face,

51 times in the neck

then 65 times on the other parts of her body before finishing her off by beating her with a baseball bat.

Isabella had grown 'more threatening and disrespectful' towards her mother moments leading up to her death. The day before her mother was killed, Isabella spat on her mother and sent her an email threatening: 'You will pay.'

Even on the day of the attack, Aurora police officers came to their house on a report of a family dispute. Officers said they found no hostility or rage at the house when they arrived.

Mrs Hoy had grown so scared of her daughter, that she had also called on her ex-husband, Isabella's father Robert Guzman, to speak to the teenager. And just three hours before Mrs Hoy was murdered, Robert Guzman paid a visit to the house his daughter lived in with his ex-wife and her new husband, Ryan Hoy.

As they sat in the backyard, he explained the importance of respecting your elders to his daughter and truly believed he had gotten through to her only to receive a call later on that Guzman had killed her mother..

Mrs Hoy's husband, Ryan Hoy, recounted what happened that night. According to him, his wife had just returned from work around 9:30pm when she went upstairs to take a shower. Mr. Hoy said he was eating when he heard a thumping sound upstairs and his wife calling his name.

He ran to the upstairs bathroom, but Isabella quickly shut and locked the door and he noticed blood streaming under the door. Soon after, Isabella emerged from the bathroom and walked out holding the knife, staring straight forward as she passed her stepfather and went downstairs.

Mr Hoy tried to revive his wife but knew she was already dead by the look in her eyes. And when police arrived, they officially pronounced Mrs Hoy dead.

After the killing, police say Guzman fled the home. She went to a woman's restroom at a nearby H Mart, washed her hair in the sink and changed her clothes. They say she told employees that she had been raped in Denver and asked them not to call police, because they would send her back home and she was in fear of her father.

And finally, when police tracked Guzman down the next day, she told them they had the wrong person. She said she was Samantha Gonzales from Cincinnati, Ohio. Police held up her ID card, but the teen said, 'It looks like me, but it's not.' Eventually police pulled out guns, ordered the teen to the ground, and took her into custody.

She has now been sent to the Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo.

A fatal multiple vehicle accident occurred this morning June 27 along
the Lagos-Ibadan
expressway leaving at least six people dead and causing a traffic
gridlock on the road. The accident happened around the Berger/Kara axis
of the expressway and was caused by a truck trying to avoid another
parked on the road since last month. Security agents are currently on
ground to help manage the situation.

A middle-aged man was paraded by the police in Abia State on Thursday for allegedly selling his one-day-old son.

Ogbonna Chukwudi , 27, a tricycle operator and resident of Cool Park Street,
Ogbo Hill, Aba, allegedly sold his only son few hours after his wife
put to birth in a private birth centre also in Ogbo Hill. And according
to the Police Commissioner, Adamu Ibrahim, the suspect had arranged with the nurse who operated the centre and a buyer was contacted.
He said:

“The incident took place on June 18, 2014. Luck, however, ran out on them when the wife woke up and sought to see her baby. She was told by the husband that the baby was dead and had been buried.”

The commissioner said trouble ensued when the wife insisted that the
grave of her baby must be shown to her which made the man threatened to
kill her. A neighbour who overheard them alerted the policemen who
intervened and later arrested the man and the accomplice-nurse, one
Amarachi Chiamaka.

Further investigations, according to police led to the tracking down of the buyer .

“A preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a tricycle
operator and was conveying the woman to a nearby bush where he intended
to kill her,” the commissioner said.

He added that investigations were still on to recover the baby.
But the suspect, who confessed to the crime, blamed it on poverty. He added that his friend
who sold the son for him shortchanged him as he (the friend) only gave
him N140,000 out of the N500,000 proceed and bolted away with the
balance.
There was, however, a mild drama as the nurse insisted that the deal was
with the consent of the mother of the baby, adding that she had also
previously sold her first baby. But the young woman denied the
allegation, raining curses on the nurse.

She also tried to absolve her husband of any blame, heaping everything
on the nurse. Unknown to her, the husband had already admitted his
wrongs earlier while chatting with journalists. When she was told that
her husband had confessed to the crime she became silent.

This man will be giving Vladimir Putin nightmares for the next four years. So thrilled for Algeria!

Algeria has qualified for the World Cup knockout stages for the first time after Islam Slimani's headed equalizer gave his team a 1-1 draw against Russia on Thursday.

Algeria placed second in Group H behind Belgium, meaning it will meet Germany in the second round.

Russia dominated much of the match after taking the lead in the 6th minute when Alexander Kokorin powerfully headed in a left-foot cross from Dmitry Kombarov.

Slimani's 60th-minute equalizer came after Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev failed to catch a swinging left-foot free kick from Yacine Brahimi. That was the second costly error that Akinfeev has made in the tournament for Russia.

The player who plays in the English Premier League, and who has twice been banned for biting an opponent, said: “These situations arise on the pitch, I’ve collided with his shoulder. It drove me a little crazy too, but these things happen on the pitch. There’s no need to make a story out of it.”

Football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the Uruguayan forward, who could be banned for up to two year over the incident.

A dozen years ago, the U.S. needed Portugal to collapse in order to reach the World Cup round of 16. On Thursday, the Americans needed the Portuguese to step up, and they did.

RECIFE, Brazil— Twelve years ago, American fans sat glued to their televisions during the World Cup, gripped by the drama of not knowing if the U.S. national team would reach the knockout rounds. Only they weren’t watching the U.S. play. They watched Portugal take on South Korea, and on that night they needed South Korea to work some magic and for Portugal to collapse, which the Portuguese side did.

On Thursday, American fans were once again keeping tabs on a Portugal group finale, only this time they were hoping that Portugal could either tie or beat Ghana. Unlike 2002, the Portuguese finished strongly, with Cristiano Ronaldo delivering an 80th-minute winner that gave the U.S. the breathing room it needed to secure a place in the round of 16 despite dropping a 1-0 decision to Germany

Like the Bible said about Pharaoh and the Israelites, let our Girls go "Boko Haram" or bear the wrath of God. For the Boko Haram we see, read or hear today, we shall see, read or hear of them no more !!!What Nigerian Soldiers are finding hard to do, Snakes and Bees are coming to the rescue. Some Boko Haram members are now fleeing from their Sambisa Forest base to local government areas across Borno State due to the invasion of their camps in a mysterious manner, believed to be a spiritual attack.One of the arrested sect members, Kolo Mustapha, confessed to Dailypost that snakes were attacking them in the forest and this is making their lives very difficult.

“They (our leaders) told us that it was the people of Chibok that are hunting us through diabolical means in the form of snakes.

Most of us are fleeing because there are too many snakes now in the forest, once they bite, they disappeared and the victims do not last for 24 hours...

“We were told that the people of Chibok local government are the ones turning into snake and attacking us in the forest,” he disclosed.

Own Goal gives Portugal a lead and a restless mistake by the goal keeper ruined Ghana`s chance of going through.

Own goal has another World Cup goal, getting on the scoresheet for Portugal this time. João Moutinho juggled the ball past two defenders before sending it wide to Miguel Veluso. The resulting cross collided with John Boye, bouncing off with an unlucky deflection into the back of the Ghana net.

Ghana have scored the equalizer against Portugal, thanks to a header from Asamoah Gyan. The forward zipped up the right to meet the cross coming in from Kwadwo Asamoah on the left. Gyan's sharp header hit the ground, bouncing past Beto and into the back of the net.Cristiano Ronaldo, who hit the crossbar in the first half, has notched his 50th international goal by netting against Ghana. Fatau Dauda, attempting to push the ball away, caused the ball to fall to the striker's feet. Although two Ghana defenders and the goalkeeper all rushed to prevent the damage, Ronaldo was too quick, slicing the ball into the back of the net to put Portugal out front.SPLIT AND SURVIVE: Portugal and Ghana both could have been bounced after two matches but earned draws – or in the Black Stars' case, conceded one – to keep their hopes alive going into the third. Ghana were gunning for all three against Germany, roaring back from a 1-0 deficit to go up 2-1 in the second half, but Miroslav Klose equalized for Die Mannschaft to keep them atop the group. You might remember the other second-round match as well: the United States falling behind in the fifth minute, fighting back to take a 2-1 lead into the closing seconds – and then Eder stole the ball from Michael Bradley, Cristiano Ronaldo unleashed a laser of a cross from the right wing, and Silvestre Varela beat Geoff Cameron and headed the ball home.

Earlier today we Reported that there was a bomb blast in Lagos state that killed 4 people, the update reaching us is that the explosion was from a tanker carrying fuel. read the statement from the police below;The Lagos State Police command has refuted claims that the explosion that happened last night at Creek road in Apapa Lagos was caused by a bomb saying it was caused by a tanker carrying petrol

Force Public Relations officer, Ngozi Braide explains

“There is nothing whatsoever suggesting that it was a bomb explosion. It was a tanker loaded with fuel that burst into flames. Policemen are on ground there now and we cannot yet ascertain the casualty figures. But everything is under control,” she said.

In a contradictory statement, Ibrahim Farinloye, the Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA South-West said the cause of the fire was as a result of a gas cylinder explosion.

"People were reported to be filling gas into the cylinder before it exploded. The incident happened within Folawiyo Energy Premises but they did not allow fire men into their premises at all” Mr. Farinloye said in a text message to Premiumtimes.

Earlier today it was Lagos now it is Enugu, what the hell is going on! May God help His children.Leadership Reports:Tension is high in Enugu State following the arrest of about 21 suspected Boko Haram members, who were reportedly traveling to Kaduna from Aba with several military uniforms concealed in a luxury bus. They were intercepted by the National Task Force (NATFORCE) at Amala in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

A source disclosed that the suspects were arrested early yesterday morning at Enugu border community that leads to the northern parts of the country. The Leadership correspondent who visited the Enugu State Police headquarters yesterday morning sighted the suspects coming out from the intercepted bus with registration number, AKD816XG belonging to the Young Shall Grow Motors.

Reacting to the development, the Area commander of the Nigeria Police Area Command, Nsukka, Ros-Amson Musa Haladu (ACP), said full scale investigation would be carried out to uncover the true mission of the 21 suspects. The state commissioner of police Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, stated that he has ordered the task force team to transfer the suspects to the police headquarters in Enugu.

Oh no! This people are now in lagos?! This shit is getting messier by d day. So what next?

Vanguard reported, a bomb-laden car went off at Folawiyo Fuel Depot close to a Petrol Tank Farm at Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos around 8.30 this evening. The eye-witness said the explosion came from a Benz car parked right beside a LPG tanker

The explosion is said to have affected four buildings including two banks. Four people are said to have lost their lives. Details later...

The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, has confirmed that 21 people died this afternoon when a bomb went off at the very busy Emab Plaza in Wuse 2, Abuja. He also confirmed that 17 people were seriously injured and have been taken to Maitama District Hospital, Gwarimpa hospital, Wuse hospital, Garki hospital and National hospital.

Mr Mba said one suspect has been arrested and investigations have already started. The bomb is said to have gone off in a car as it passed through the gate of the mall around 4 this afternoon. The fire that followed the explosion is said to have engulfed most of the cars parked around the mall.

Security Forces have condoned off the scene of the blast, while the Police Bomb Disposal Squad has commenced post-blast analysis as part of the general investigative process, according to a statement.

The attack is believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber though there are other conflicting reports from some eye-witnesses that a man on a bike threw the explosive and sped off. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, we all can kinda guess.

There's been another bomb blast
in Abuja. Popular Abuja shopping complex Emab Plaza in Wuse II area of
Abuja, Nigeria's capital was hit and eyewitnesses say there are body
parts scattered at the scene. The explosion occurred at about 4p.m at
the gate of the busy plaza and traders at the plaza, who were in
tears, say the blast apparently went off in a car that was driving into
the mall.

National Emergency Management Agency
say they are unable to confirm the casualty rate just yet. But they are
evacuating victims to the nearby Maitama District Hospital. However,
according to a PremiumTimes reporter at the Maitama hospital, at least
six victims have been confirmed dead and taken to the morgue. She also
counted about 17 injured victims that have so far been brought in, including a white man with a broken leg.

Emergency officials also reportedly arrived without adequate material.
"Tell Joseph to come with enough dead body bags," an emergency official
was heard telling his colleagues.

This is the third deadly explosion in the Nigerian capital in two
months. The extremist Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility for the
previous explosions in April and May in Nyanya, a suburb of the capital.

SaharaReporters reports: that more than twenty people have
died in a fresh attack by gunmen in the troubled southern Kaduna area.

Earlier today, SaharaReporters had reported that at least 40 people were killed in three villages in the Sanga local government area of Kaduna State.

According to military source, the latest attack occurred in a village in the same area called Kobin.
“Our information is that the attackers came around 1:20 p.m. in the
afternoon and started killing left and right,” said the officer. He
added that the attackers retreated once a contingent of the military
showed up in the beleaguered town.

However, the source explained to our correspondent that the violence
further escalated to another town, Gwantu. “Some people were killed in
Gwantu, and their corpses are being taken into the mortuary,” the
officer disclosed.

He stated that soldiers arrested some of the gunmen who were seen
with various kinds of ammunition similar to the weapons seized from some
of the gunmen arrested after their earlier deadly attack on three
villages.